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Sep 15, 2008 8:06 PM
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I freaking laughed everytime shigure, kyou, and yuki get hugged and then turn into their animal.
May 1, 2009 8:47 AM
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I really loved this episode it was sooo funny.

May 5, 2009 11:15 AM
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lol hilarious...this show is quickly becoming one of my favorites. i love how everytime i watch it, it becomes progressively funnier.
Jul 11, 2009 12:06 PM
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Aww it was so cute ^^


Sep 18, 2009 4:36 AM
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What a hectic episode. XD I couldn't help but chuckle at the whole fiasco that was going with with Kyo, Yuki, and Shigure turning into their Zodiac animal forms and trying to cover everything up...
Nov 12, 2009 8:52 AM
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"I know! I'll bark our way out of this!" LOL
Nov 27, 2009 1:48 PM
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very funny ep. loved the comment from yuki "don't do it, you'll inflate his ego" i wonder what the electro girl though of his book. I felt the whole turning into animals thing got overused this ep, but they did it to good effect.
Feb 26, 2010 6:28 AM
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Yuki Souma is awesome < 3
Apr 18, 2010 3:58 PM
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lol I love the Tom and Jerry reference. It does seem like that between those two :3

May 21, 2010 8:43 PM

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Freaking hilarious! I thoroughly enjoyed this episode.
Jun 28, 2010 7:29 AM
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Oh my god I laughed so hard in this one, it's probably the funniest one by now!
Aug 24, 2011 7:28 AM

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loved it, very funny and very sweet, this is turning out to be a great watch ^^
Dec 19, 2011 10:48 AM
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lol I love the Tom and Jerry reference. It does seem like that between those two :3

yay for tom and jerry and yay for this episode ^^
Mar 29, 2012 7:30 PM

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Funniest episode so far. This is rapidly becoming a marathon session since each episode seeems to get better.
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Jun 19, 2012 2:16 PM

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This many accidents are not natural or realistic. Even normal people don't collide this much, yet they are special ones they must have been super much more cautious normally. I didn't find this episode consistent.

And Tohru's friends, how can they be this indifferent and carefree? People are disappearing in front of their eyes, and for several times. After first disappearance they must have been very curious and must have started to worry about what is happening. They must have been paying excessive attentions to the surrounding events after the first mysterious disappearance.

These were some great flaws in this episode. They ruined the episode while trying to make it funny.

And, why did Tohru called "Tom and Jerry" as "anime"? We struggle so much to make people understand the fact that cartoon and anime are quite different things; yet in an anime, they are calling a cartoon "anime". It is very ironic and sad.
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I didn't know if I'd like this anime for the first few episodes. It seems that things keep getting better as the characters grow and the insanity ensues!! Hope that continues.
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Aug 8, 2012 1:38 AM

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LOL that was one hell of a funny episode! I can't stop laughing everytime they transform. Good thing it went well. That's because everyone loves Tohru. I mean, who wouldn't??
Oct 31, 2012 9:44 AM

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Nice episode, it's good that she finally told her friends, but lol it amazes me that they weren't find out!
Feb 28, 2013 5:28 PM

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Oh my, this was hilarious, especially the transformations.

Mar 4, 2014 2:05 AM

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AhmedHan said:
This many accidents are not natural or realistic. Even normal people don't collide this much, yet they are special ones they must have been super much more cautious normally. I didn't find this episode consistent.

And Tohru's friends, how can they be this indifferent and carefree? People are disappearing in front of their eyes, and for several times. After first disappearance they must have been very curious and must have started to worry about what is happening. They must have been paying excessive attentions to the surrounding events after the first mysterious disappearance.

These were some great flaws in this episode. They ruined the episode while trying to make it funny.

And, why did Tohru called "Tom and Jerry" as "anime"? We struggle so much to make people understand the fact that cartoon and anime are quite different things; yet in an anime, they are calling a cartoon "anime". It is very ironic and sad.


In Japanese, anime just means any kind of animation. So they use the word anime for western cartoons too.
Mar 20, 2014 12:04 AM

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Hilarious and cute.;3
The comparison with
Tom and Jerry ^__^
Feb 14, 2015 11:29 PM

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LOL "something and Jerry".

I died laughing when Tohru squeezed the daifuku bun so hard that the red bean paste came out, and Yuki was all like "can't believe you would have squeezed me that hard..".

Their animal forms are all adorable.
Jun 10, 2015 3:41 AM

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That girl with glasses probably she know something.

Jul 28, 2015 1:31 AM

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This episode was HILARIOUS.

One flaw though-- it seems like not just hugging will turn them into animals; just a simple bumping into a non-Zodiac transforms them(?)
Dec 16, 2015 8:01 PM

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Damn, Toru is clumsy. She manage to surprise me by how she can create a mess from nothing. But Yui Horie voice is so smooth, I think I can listen to her voice without even watching the show, it's so relaxing.

I noticed it since few episodes, but the music really is beautiful, especially those slow ones.

Shigure is hilarious. He would fit more as the monkey in my opinion, but I guess he also suit the sly dog role.
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Dec 31, 2015 6:31 PM

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The OST in this series is so great.
Mar 31, 2016 8:38 PM

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hahah i love this episode, so hilarious
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Sep 25, 2016 8:23 PM

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It kinda reminded me of the first season of Ranma 1/2 when they kind of overdid the constant transformations.

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Apr 15, 2018 6:36 AM
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This is definitely my favourite episode so far. I loved the whole set-up with them transforming into the animals and trying to prevent Tohru's friends from noticing. So funny!!
Feb 8, 2019 2:57 PM

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This show has been on my watchlist for ages. Glad I finally started watching it. This particular episode was hilarious. Also, the character design makes me feel nostalgic. Wonderful watch so far and I feel like this anime may end up as one of my favourites!
Mar 5, 2019 7:26 PM
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I loved this episode, and it only goes to show how much the 3 boys (Yuki, Shigure, and Kyo) admire Tohru. They're willing to set aside their differences in the pursuit of her happiness and are willing to risk their family secret so as to host her friends.

Every episode draws me in more and more!!!
Dec 25, 2019 2:54 PM

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This episode is so funny when they turn into animals and they have to hide! xD
Jan 30, 2020 11:16 AM

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I'm so happy to see her back at the Sohma house after that awful experience last episode! And now that she's officially living there she can tell Uo and Hana :D, as Shigure allowed it. And it should go without saying OF COURSE they're going to want to check it out to make sure Tohru's in good company safe and happy <3 They are truly a wonderous outcast trio. The too-nice girl, the ex-gangster, and the psychic. Ha-ha! I love it. Especially how the Sohna's were not expecting her friends to be so intimidating!
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Why am I not all that surprised Shigure is a romance novelist! X'D
AND NOW I REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW HANA FEELS ABOUT IT, because she made it sound like the book was awful, but then asked for the sequel.
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I think Hana may indeed truly be a psychic. She is getting everyones animal aura's correctly. But since it's only an abstract knowledge and not concrete, it's okay that she "knows".
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I do wonder if Uo and Hana will later be allowed to know the curse. :3 <3
Jan 8, 2021 5:45 AM

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i understand that the recipe for the episode supposed to be funny, but i found the way they turned to animals kinda stupid.

great episode in general.
Apr 9, 9:12 AM

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Hahah. This episode was great. This anime has amazing potential going ahead.

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